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esprit15d by esprit15dOG 2003 · Mar 2, 2004 · 91 views · ·

Did anyone notice how many of the movies nominated for the Best Movie Oscar were books first?

  • Seabiscuit (an aaawwwweeesome book) was first a book by Laura Hillenbrand.
  • Return of the King was of course based on The Hobbit books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
  • Lost in Translation (ok, nothing here)
  • Master and Commander, was taken from the swashbuckling novels of Patrick O'Brian.
  • Mystic River is also a novel by Dennis Lehane.

    Also Cold Mountain (one of Laura Hillenbrand's favorite books BTW) was also a book first.

    What's up wit dat yo?

    Has anyone read these books?

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    5 Comments

    modestjesse modestjesseOG 2004 ·

    Lost in Translation wasn't a book first. That's why Coppola won for best original screenplay.

    Return of the King won for best screenplay adaptation.

    socalgal socalgalOG 2003 ·

    i read the Hobbit back in grade school but the others i have not read

    perrin perrinOG 2004 ·

    The hobbit is the only one I read of his books too. Though it was really good but I just never read any of the others I'm not really sure why I didn't. hm. that's wierd.

    ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 ·

    I heard Passion of the christ was first a book too... but i'm not sure which

    esprit15d esprit15dOG 2003 ·

    Yeah - but I dont' know if the book was that good. You know what they say about bestsellers.

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